FileVault and PowerPoint/Excel 2008 Problems

Since previous topics on the same topic have been archived, I have to make a new topic.
After I enabled filevault for my homefolder,I am not able to open my powerpoint presentations and excel files. Word-files are working correctly. I have Office 12.2.1 and OS X 10.6.1.
When I login with an user without Filefault on, and I download a ppt from my
mail-account, I can open this file without any problems. However, when I login
with the user with filevault on, and I download and try to open the same ppt, I
still get the following error:
PowerPoint cannot open the type of file represented by
naam:Downloads:poster.ppt
(see http://yfrog.com/3oschermafbeelding2009110px for printscreens)
Unfortunately Microsoft can't help, even though I believe it is an MS issue (Word documents will open and save just fine):
I'm afraid this is more likely a FileVault issue than a PPT issue... And
apparently it isn't a problem with the file itself. I'd suggest that you
inquire in the Apple Discussions Forums for Snow Leopard:
http://discussions.apple.com/index.jspa
Good Luck |:>)
Bob Jones
MVP Office:Mac

Finally, I got the solution.
The problem was that an administrator user *with FileVault* doesn't work. When I copied all my docs to another user (not administrator) with FileVault, everything worked perfectly.

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